Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall, Tunica

Encyclopedia : S : SA : SAM : Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall, Tunica

The Tunica location is located in Tunica Resorts, Mississippi. Officially known as a riverboat casino because the gaming area is situated on a building built on barges that float in a pool of water linked to the nearby Mississippi River as required by state law, the resort in all other aspects resembles its Nevada sibling, except for the atrium. It includes a 1,600 seat showroom, a 1,070-room hotel, and a RV park.

History

Opened in 1994 by Boyd Gaming Corporation as the third Sam's Town Casino (The second being Sam's Town Gold River Laughlin which was open from 1984 to 1991 when it was sold becoming Gold River resort and later River Palms ). It was the first casino opened by Boyd outside of Nevada.

External links

[Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall web site (Tunica)]

Boyd Gaming
Annual Revenue: .22 billion USD
Employees: 23,000
Stock Symbol: NYSE: [BYD]
Website: [www.boydgaming.com]
Illinois: Par-A-Dice
Indiana: Blue Chip Casino and Hotel
Louisiana: Delta Downs Racetrack and Casino • Sam's Town, Shreveport • Treasure Chest Casino
Mississippi: Sam's Town, Tunica
New Jersey: Borgata
Nevada: Las Vegas: California • Eldorado • Fremont • Jokers Wild • Main Street Station • Sam's Town • Stardust (Echelon Place) • Barbary Coast • Gold Coast • Orleans • South Coast • Suncoast

From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.